The Capitol Pressroom WCNY

June 4, 2024 - We highlight dairy industry issues, including expanding the eligibility of an overtime tax credit, with Allyson Jones-Brimmer, vice president of regulatory and legislative affairs for the Northeast Dairy Producer Association, and Keith Kimball, the association's chair.

June 4, 2024 - New York State Insurance Fund Executive Director and CEO Gaurav Vasisht explains an effort to use discounted insurance premiums to incentivize hospitals to reduce their carbon footprint.

June 4, 2024 - Riverkeeper Government Affairs Senior Manager Jeremy Cherson makes the case for updating state definitions to ensure sewer authorities have the authority to use fees they charge to promote flood diversion strategies and build better stormwater infrastructure.

June 4, 2024 - One in six residents of assisted living facilities in New York have experienced physical or verbal aggression from a fellow resident, according to a study from Dr. Karl Pillemer, professor of gerontology in medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine.

June 3, 2024 - We consider the need to reduce single-use plastic packaging waste and the legislative response being debated at the Capitol with Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics and a former regional administrator for the EPA.

June 3, 2023 - Maria Vullo, the state's former top financial regulator, discusses a ruling from New York's top court that upholds an abortion insurance requirement that she implemented back in 2017.